by Richard W | Mar 6, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux
The root of Apache OpenOffice (AOO) go back more than 20 years. It came out of the OpenOffice.org (OOo) project, which was an open source version of StarOffice. Millions of users have used it. It was once the default productivity suite in all Linux systems, including...
by Richard W | Mar 5, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Web, Windows
Few days ago Microsoft finally released Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7. We wrote about upgrading to IE 10 here. Users quickly downloaded and upgraded to the new version without first testing whether it will work for them. Now some are having compatibility issues...
by Richard W | Mar 5, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Security, Windows
Ever wish you could turn back time and undo changes that crashed your computer or made it worse? Well, you can do just that with Windows’ System Restore feature, which is also included in Windows 8. System Restore is a Windows’ feature that lets you...
by Richard W | Mar 4, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux
The Linux Kernel has just been updated to a stable version 3.8.2 of the 3.8 mainline. This version is a maintenance release that fixes some issues or bugs and added enhancements in other areas. These fixes include, a validation feature (efivarfs) that performs a...
by Richard W | Mar 4, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux
LibreOffice version 4.0 was released a few weeks ago, but until quite recently, it wasn’t available to be installed via its office PPA. Now you can easily install the latest LibreOffice in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 from its default PPA. As you may remember, we wrote...
